Thursdayitis

So tired after a day of work...


Thursday is typically the hardest day of the week for our family. It is the day that we both work and both kids are in care... it starts Wednesday night with us preparing for the following day and then it looks something like:

5.45 - My alarm
6.30 - I leave for work
7.00 - I start work/boys up
8.00 - Mr 2 dropped off
8.30 - Mr 3 dropped off (always emotional)
9.00 - Hubby starts works
3.30 - I finish
4.00 - Mr 2 picked up
4.30 - Mr 3 picked up
5.00 - We get home, all tired and emotionally drained from the day
5.45 - Hubby gets home
6.00 - Struggling through dinner
6.30 - Struggling through bathtime
7.00 - Struggling through storytime
7.30 - Boys out (hopefully)
8.00 - Tired and headachy - start prep to repeat it all tomorrow...


Only 22 more days...

Popcorn Party

I've been dreaming all day about all the wonderful things we will be able to achieve once I am a SAHM (stay at home mum).


Big plans for the backyard.


Big plans for our play room/learning space.


And more popcorn parties on the front verandah...

Head sit

This may look troubling to some, certainly I'd not like to have my head sat on.


But instead of jumping in and ordering Mr 2 off Mr 3's head pronto! I try to live by a 'less intervention' approach. As Alfie Kohn says,

"Children learn to make good decisions by making decisions, not by following directions."

And as it turns out, Mr 3 quite enjoyed having his head sat on, and then kindly said 'I've had enough', and Mr 2 hopped off.

All in a days play.

It's not all tea and dandelions

I have always been secretly jealous of those mums who are at home with their kids fulltime.


I always thought they must be the most relaxed women in the world, sitting in their clean houses with their daily schedules on the fridge enjoying a cup of tea while their kids play happily.


Maybe that is a little wishful...

Flowers picked by my boys while I sat down for a cup of tea ;)

Where to start?

Have to start somewhere.

Been procrastinating about starting a blog.   Now is such a dynamic time in my life and I want to make a little record of it.

So here is a little blog about my journey from working mum to home-mum.  I love the many hats I wear… wife, nurse & midwife but my all-time favourite hat is my ‘mum’ hat.  And so I’m quitting my proverbial day job and working out what it means to be homemaker, housekeeper, domestic goddess, child guide…  Ho-hum Home-mum.

27 sleeps xx